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This article discusses the increasing use of lipid-based formulations for delivering challenging active pharmaceutical ingredients and describes the factors formulators must consider when selecting whether to use hard-shell capsules or softgels to deliver such formulations.

This article discusses the costs and consequences of instability in pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements and describes several methods and practices manufacturers can use to ensure the stability of their raw materials and final products.

Microencapsulation is a useful method for protecting and preventing the degradation of active ingredients in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical solid dosage formulations. This article explores the benefits of lipid microencapsulation, which include increased bioavailability, reduced unwanted interactions, taste and odor masking, prevention of color migration, and improved stability.

This article describes the advantages of three common oral solid dosage packaging forms and discusses factors to consider when selecting packaging for a new product.

Whether in peacetime or pandemic times, the case can be made for more American manufacturing in our global pharmaceutical supply chain. Manufacturing more products domestically could help prevent supply disruptions while improving product quality and national security, and closing supply chain vulnerabilities across a wide range of critical products is a priority for both the private sector and the US government.

This article discusses the effectiveness of alginates, which are naturally occurring salts found in brown algae, for use in anti-reflux formulations.

This article explores the challenges of multilayer tablet formulation and the approaches developers can take to overcome those challenges.

This installment of “Eye on Excipients” discusses the authors’ understanding of current titanium dioxide regulations and their impact on tablet film coating.